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Alcohol sclerotherapy of human immunodeficiency virus related parotid lymphoepithelial cysts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2008

E Meyer ,
D E Lubbe  and
J J Fagan
E Meyer
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa
D E Lubbe*
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa
J J Fagan
Affiliation:
Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa
*
Address for correspondence: Dr D E Lubbe, Division of Otolaryngology, University of Cape Town Faculty of Health Sciences, H-53 OMB, Groote Schuur Hospital, Observatory, Cape Town 7925, South Africa. Fax: +27 21 448 8865 E-mail: delubbe@kingsley.co.za
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Abstract

Objective:

The aim of the study was to determine the effectiveness of alcohol sclerotherapy in patients with human immunodeficiency virus related salivary gland disease.

Study design:

Prospective study investigating the effectiveness of alcohol as a sclerosing agent.

Setting:

Tertiary referral hospital.

Patients:

Eleven human immunodeficiency virus positive patients with benign lymphoepithelial cysts were included in the study, from July 2005 to September 2006.

Interventions:

Alcohol sclerotherapy was performed under local anaesthesia, with alcohol infiltrated into the benign lymphoepithelial cysts.

Results:

Alcohol injection sclerotherapy proved to be an effective, simple, cheap, ambulatory procedure for patients who did not qualify for antiretroviral treatment.

Keywords

HIVAIDSParotidSalivary GlandsSclerotherapyAlcohol

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The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 123 , Issue 4 , April 2009 , pp. 422 - 425
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 2008

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Footnotes

Presented at the Second International Congress on Salivary Gland Diseases, 19–21 October 2007, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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